The PPI deadline might've passed a while back, but if you're one of the millions of people who reclaimed part of the more than £38,000,000,000 paid out, you need to know about the tax on PPI reclaim amounts. This is automatically deducted, even though most people don't need to pay it. So if you've been paid out within the last four years, you could be due £100s back.

When MSE joined the MONY Group (was MoneySupermarket Group) in June 2012, I pledged £10m to go to charity. It was a public pledge, so I feel a duty of transparency about it, and so every year I bash out a blog to update where I'm up to, and who's got what money. This is the update for the start of 2025.

You meet someone, fall in love, and hearts pop out of the sky when you look at them. They're the person you want to spend the rest of your life with, but while some do it for the romance, is there any financial point in actually being married to them?

Put on your walking shoes, rub some balm into your calves, and massage your toes (not necessarily in that order) as it's time for my annual steps blog. While a total of 9,041,317 steps is a decent number, it's still slightly frustrating as it means I just missed my 25,000 daily steps target in 2024. I'd even made it in 2023, my Steppus Horribilis (as on 2 August 2023 I missed my 10,000 daily steps target for the first time in seven years due to food poisoning).

Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of...

There was no news on energy standing charges in today's 1.2% rise January Price Cap announcement, but I do expect to hear the results of the Ofgem consultation before the year's out. Though sadly, I'm cautiously pessimistic. Here's a mix of a briefing and my thoughts...

Be careful who you listen to on Student finance. There’s a lot of nonsense spoken. And even when you’re getting facts, be wary, it has changed so often, the way it works for is different even for some still at Uni now, never mind those who graduated a decade ago. So I want to explain the practical impact on your pocket – which is radically different to the more political spin you will usually hear. 

A stopcock is your mains water tap (the off switch). Everyone should know where theirs is, especially at this time of year when pipes can burst due to frost. If you don’t know where yours is, your house could be flooded with water everywhere, while you have no idea how to stop it.

Nearly a million pensioners are missing out on pension credit, a vital benefit worth £1,000s a year for many, which tops up your income.